IRIS Gorz (Persian: گرز, lit. 'Mace') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft serving in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Being able to launch Mehrab (a reverse engineered version of RIM-66 Standard), she is considered the smallest warship in the world to operate such a missile.[citation needed] It is reportedly the only ship in her class that is capable of firing surface-to-air missiles, as of 2020.[2]
.jpg)
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Iran | |
| Name | Gorz |
| Namesake | Gorz |
| Operator | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
| Ordered | 14 October 1974 |
| Builder | Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 5 August 1976 |
| Launched | 28 December 1977 |
| Commissioned | 22 August 1978 |
| Refit | 1996–1998 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Kaman-class fast attack craft |
| Displacement |
|
| Length | 47 m (154 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | 4 × MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels, 14,400 brake horsepower (10.7 MW) |
| Propulsion | 4 × shafts |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
| Range | 2,000 miles (3,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 700 miles (1,100 km) at 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 30 |
| Armament |
|
| Notes | As reported by Jane's (1979)[1] |
History
editDuring Iran-Iraq War, Gorz was assigned to Bushehr Naval Base.[3]
From 1996 to 1998, she was used for modernization trials.[4]
In the wargame Velayat 90, on 1 January 2012, she fired the missile Mehrab for the first time, marking its first operational test.[5][6] The ship was modernized in 2015–2021.[7]
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ Moore, John, ed. (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979–80. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 256. ISBN 0-354-00587-1.
- ^ Nadimi, Farzin (18 June 2020), "Iran Signals a Toughened Stance by Adding to Its Naval Arsenal", The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (PolicyWatch), no. 3335, retrieved 15 July 2020
- ^ Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix D, Table D6, p. 528. ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8.
- ^ Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 388, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
- ^ "Iran Extends Missile Range, Compares Its Military Might to Russia, China and North Korea", Newsweek, 16 October 2018, retrieved 1 August 2020
- ^ "Iran launched Mehrab surface missile for first time", Trend News Agency, 1 January 2012, retrieved 1 August 2020
- ^ "Optimized Corvettes Join Iran's Southern Fleet - Politics news".
 | This article about a specific naval ship or boat is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article related to the Iranian armed forces is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |